grand parleur, petit faiseur
\ɡʁɑ̃ paʁ.lœʁ (p(ə))ti fə.zœʁ\
The verdict
“grand parleur, petit faiseur” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 28
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - S’utilise pour dire d’une personne qu’elle promet ou se vante beaucoup mais ne sait pas passer à l’action.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grand parleur, petit faiseur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | \ɡʁɑ̃ paʁ.lœʁ (p(ə))ti fə.zœʁ\ |
| Letters | 28 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grand parleur, petit faiseur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for grand parleur, petit faiseur is 28 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁɑ̃ paʁ.lœʁ (p(ə))ti fə.zœʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "S’utilise pour dire d’une personne qu’elle promet ou se vante beaucoup mais ne sait pas passer à l’action.".
grand parleur, petit faiseur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grand parleur, petit faiseur, spelled G-R-A-N-D- -P-A-R-L-E-U-R-,- -P-E-T-I-T- -F-A-I-S-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1S’utilise pour dire d’une personne qu’elle promet ou se vante beaucoup mais ne sait pas passer à l’action.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct French spelling is G-R-A-N-D- -P-A-R-L-E-U-R-,- -P-E-T-I-T- -F-A-I-S-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.